Birthdays

It's a rather amazing thing...
To me, my birthday is just another day in the 365 days.. this started to happen after my 21st birthday.. Brithdays no longer hold that much importance to me any longer.
However, to me, it's more of an "excuse" for frens to gather. Hence, I've never held a birthday party in my entire life.. I'd rather go out with different groups of frens & have dinners with them.. this is much more meaningful & intimate.

Today's the day I turn 1 year older again. Sigh.. I've officially lived a quarter of a century.. (Yes yes.. I know.. pls dun bash me up.. I know I'm still the youngest among all my branch's colleagues & not that old among many frens.. but being a woman, give me some freedom to lament lah.. Anyway, this will only come once in my life time.. since I'll only turn a quarter of a century once! :pp)
As I've just returned from a fren's ROM, I'm great that this day is a special day to others too! :)

I'm much thankful for the thoughts & efforts that my frens have put into for getting my gifts.. The most touching is that one of my frens who's working in the States actually took the trouble to buy me a gift & get his gf to bring it back for me! & of coz, not forgetting my beautiful JC frens who specially got me a mani/pedi voucher from this particular shop that they know I had always wanted to try but had no chance to.. My colleague who actually took the trouble to give me an early bday treat at a posh restaurant when he knew that he's not in town on the actual day.. my most precious Sec school gal frens for giving me a new pc of equipment & teaching me wat's epilating.. a fren who knew I love to read & gave me a rather interesting book... & many others who remembered & wished me happy bday & those who hv bought me gifts but hv not had a chance to pass to me yet..

Thks so much for all your thoughtfulness... Many have asked what I wanted... to me, the most beautiful gift is your frenship & the efforts u take to choosing a gift.. It really doesn't matter wat I want.. (as we grow older & become self-sufficient, the cost of gifts is not that important as compared with when we're still poor students...rather, I treasure more the time & efforts esp since we're all so busy nowadays..) Coz I'd treasure watever u get for me! Surprises are always nice... :)

Thks again... dear frens! :))

JC cheer

I was just having dinner with my JC frens one day.. we were happily chatting about our school days when someone started the topic of school cheers...
Well, we did some rather crazy things...(well... it must have been craziness coz who in the right mind would say this kinda cheer?? :pp) hmm... no offence meant to anyone though..

English version:
We've got the red
We've got the white
We've got the stripes
We've got the lion standing on our side!

Chinese version:
我们有红
我们有白
我们有线
我们有狮子站这边

Well.. as u all can judge, the English version is still passable.. but the Chinese one makes no sense! It was a literal translation!! Talk abt creativity.. sigh.. Anyway, we were describing our school logo.. well.. u all can guess by now which JC I'm from...

Viruses & weddings

I learn something today... both viruses & weddings can just be as infectious!

Had not been blogging for quite sometime.... other than being busy, also coz I was sick..
It's been awhile (or hardly ever) that I'm actually sick for a long period.
First, I had a 1-day MC. I had such great difficulty breathing & each time I breathed, I felt a sharp pain in my chest. I thought to myself: Oh my gosh! It couldn't be that I'm only in my 20s & I'm going to die of a clogged artery?? Sigh.. in the end, my GP advised me that it was most prob I had a pulled chest muscle. So after a day of sedation with some anarex, I went back to office to work. However, I was barely in office for abt 2 hrs, then I started feeling cold.. I felt as if my fingers were freezing & dropping off! So no choice... tried to clear as much work as possible & back to my GP.
I started to think if there's a possibility that I find my GP so young, charming & irresistible that I'm subconsiously finding an excuse to go back & see him!
Anyway, had a fever close to 39 degrees! So another 2 days' of MC. A few days later, I started coughing & sneezing.. my gosh.. it's like I was perpetually sick that 2 weeks!

Anyway, today I attended a wedding. It was an ROM session & it was held at Chjimes Hall. The place was beautiful.. but then, the thing that left the deepest impression on my mind is the fact that when the bridegroom said his vows, he paused halfway & as everyone was waiting in anticipation (we thought he had forgotten his lines as he was too nervous), we realised that he was actually controlling himself from crying out! He was so choked with his emotions that he could hardly continue with the rest of his vows.. it was such a touching scene... & of coz, the ladies present were rather weepy too...
Well.. I guess attending these types of functions really make ppl want to get married too! Especially when you see how loving is the couple... sigh.. the notion of getting married can be infectious too! :p